Brent Strickland is a researcher at the Institut Jean Nicod in Paris, France (ENS ULM-CNRS). His work lies at the frontiers of cognitive psychology, philosophy and linguistics. He studied at NYU (New York University). He also obtained a Master’s degree in cognitive sciences at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris before completing a PhD in cognitive and developmental psychology at Yale University in 2013.

Brent leads the « Experimental Philosophy » research group at the Jean Nicod-ENS Ulm Institute. This group is dedicated to questions of societal importance using modern experimental methods and state-of-the-art technology. The results of these experiments help to find answers to the big questions about human nature and society such as « Why are our societies increasingly polarised? « , « Why are we so interested in conspiracy theories? » and « How do our values influence our interpretation of scientific and factual data? » ».